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J. J. SLEVIN.

HORSESHO E PAD.

Ai'il'iiiiiiiiifik/ll/ f g UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES J. SLEVIN, OF NEW" YORK, N. Y.

HORSESHOE-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,092, dated October 16, 1888.

Application filed February 23, 1888. Serial No. 265,014.

T0 to whom it may concern.-

Be known that 1, JAMES J. SLEVIN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horseshoe-Pads, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved cushion or pad, of rubber or other suitable elastic material, and which is to be employed in connection with a metallic horseshoe. It is interposed between the bottom of the hoof and the metallic shoe, and is provided with a thickened part under the rear portion of the hoof below the frog. This thickened part is slotted,which provides for the natural action of the frog, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a horses foot,showing the pad or cushion and ordinary metallic shoe in place. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the metallic shoe and pad or cushion, showing the slot in the pad. Fig. 3 is a side view of the pad or cushion, showing the slot therein. Fig. 4 is an end view of the pad or cushion, showing the slot therein. Fig. 5 is a plan of the pad or cushion.

In the drawings, A represents the forward and outer part of the pad or cushion. This is comparatively thin and flat, and is more or less ring-like in shape, having an opening at the center, as shown at A. This central opening, A, provides a sufficient circulation of air under the hoof and prevents the heating and drawing which would otherwise be incident thereto.

B represents the rear and inner portion of the pad or cushion, which projects forward and (No model.)

provides the rear wall of the central opening, A. The part B is of greater thickness than the rest of the pad and is intended to bear the frog-pressure and to act as a stay or abutment to prevent either end of the shoe from being forced inward. The part B has square or perpendicular walls B, against which the ends of the shoe can be snugly fitted. These walls B, together with the horizontal surface of the thin outer part, A, form recesses by the side of the thicker part B. These recesses allow ofthe use of a long shoeone having its ends extended to the rear edge of the heel-or the use of a shorter shoe, as is sometimes preferred.

0 is a transverse slot extending across the rear end of the thick part B and out to a depth of about three-quarters of an inch, moreor less. This slot forms a lower lip, C, which receives the pressure of the foot as it strikes the ground. By means of the transverse slot 0 thereunder the lip 0 gives to the pad or cushion an additional spring,therehy relieving the pressure on the frog when the foot is lifted from the ground.

Having described my invention, I claim An elastic cushion interposed between a horses shoe and hoof, provided with a thickened part underlying the frog of the hoof and pierced laterally with a transverse slot in the thickened part, forming a lower lip-piece, which elastically receives the impact of the foot upon the ground and relieves the pressure upon the frog of the foot when it is lifted.

JAMES J. SLEVIN.

\Vitnesses:

W. L. BENNEM, ERNEST W. DYETT. 

